"Out of All Them Bright Stars" is a science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, in 1985.
Synopsis
Sally Gourley is a waitress at a diner who watches as an alien tries to order a meal, only to have events spin out of control.
Reception
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Kress has observed that Gourley is "powerless because of her class, not her gender."
References
- Out of All Them Bright Stars, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 4, 2019
- Interview: Nancy Kress, by the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, in Lightspeed; published December 2016 (issue 79); retrieved June 4, 2019
External links
Out of All Them Bright Stars title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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